DAYS 1-5 (DECEMBER 21-25)

The winter solstice occurs this morning at 10:03 a.m. EST! Our day will be fair and breezy but not too cold as moisture-starved low pressure passes to our north. Its cold front swings through later in the day and leads a colder air mass into the region for Monday with continued dry weather. A clipper low dives our way for Tuesday with a period of snow, except some mixing / rain along the coast for a time. I’m expecting generally minor accumulations with this event (mostly under but up to 3 inches of snow, depending on location). A quick passing trough can bring a snow flurry on Christmas Eve, otherwise generally fair weather is expected for the holiday period through Christmas Day.

TODAY: Partly sunny. Highs 40-47. Wind SW to W 10-20 MPH with higher gusts.

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 21-28. Wind W to NW 10-20 MPH.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 30-37. Wind NW 10-20 MPH, diminishing.

MONDAY NIGHT: Clear early, clouds return later. Lows 23-30. Wind S up to 10 MPH.

TUESDAY: Cloudy with snow (except a period of mix/rain coast), accumulation 1 to 3 inches except less than 1 inch near the coast. Highs 35-42. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 18-25. Wind variable to NW 5-15 MPH, higher gusts.

WEDNESDAY: Variably cloudy. Slight chance of a passing snow shower. Highs 32-39. Wind W 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 20-27. Wind W up to 10 MPH.

THURSDAY (CHRISTMAS): Partly cloudy. Highs 35-42. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

DAYS 6-10 (DECEMBER 26-30)

Up-and-down temperature pattern, leaning toward slightly below normal with a couple disturbances potentially bringing mostly minor precipitation events – storm track trend favoring them passing to our north in the expected large scale pattern.

DAYS 11-15 (DECEMBER 31 – JANUARY 4)

A similar pattern continues as we end 2025 and reach the first few days of the New Year.